Public Administration Activity 1: Week 1: Fundamentals of Research (10 Points) Fundamentals of Research Part 1: Understanding the Doctoral Research Process Write a short paper on doctoral research that embraces your goals for your research. Into that view, integrate the concepts of validity and reliability and the function of critical thinking/logic. Length for Part I: 3 pages (app. 350 words per page) Part 2: Annotated Bibliography For this first Activity, please submit 3 complete annotations of your choosing. Your Mentor will provide feedback that you should use on all future annotations. Part II Length: 3 pages (app. 350 words per page). Include 3-5 references on your view of your doctoral research. Your essay should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. My Topic of interest:

Assignment Task. You have been appointed to the financial team of a substantial company. You have been asked by the Board to prepare an analytical review of the financial position and reporting of a UK based or non-UK based company, listed on an internationally recognized Stock Exchange and using the recent published financial statements and other information available, either in the public domain or from within the company. You MAY choose the standpoint from which this report is made ( competitor, investor, potential acquirer, supplier, customer, landlord or lessess) and, if you do so, should identify this in the introduction to the report. You should NOT choose a private company or, ordinarily, a subsidiary company or division of a larger group. You should also note that, while we do not forbid selection of banks, insurance companies or other financial service businesses, they are almost always subject to different, enhance, forms of regulation, which may often result in specialized

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INSTRUCTIONS These are the format: 1. A title? 2. An Abstract (150 words approx.)? 3. Introduction? 4. Literature Review? 5. Theoretical Framework? 6. 2 – 3 Propositions? 7. Research Methods? 8. Data Analysis and Results? 9. Discussion of Results and Implications? 10. Conclusion and Future Research Directions 11. Appendix (e.g. interview guide or questionnaire) I have done from point 1-6. Please continue parts: 7-11, I will attach my 1-6 parts as your guidelines. Instructions: 1.    Please design a questionnaires based on the number 5 and 6 a.    Must create a questionnaires based from each of the 4 hypotheses b.    200-250 Questionnaires distributed 2.    Part 7, Define and describe how the questionnaires is distributed, Using SPSS as a data analysis software, etc. 3.    Part 8, Using SPSS to calculate the data based on the questionnaires a.    Find the CORRELATION AND REGRESSION using SPSS software 4.    Part 9, Discuss the result and implications about th

Thought provoking questions for journal assignment Use these guiding questions to generate ideas and thoughts for your journal. 1. How does your organization deal with crisis? Do decisions come from the top down, or are solutions generated from the base of the organization? 2. Who or what has control of knowledge in an organization, and how does that impact decision-making during crisis situations? 3. Who defines groups in an organization? 4. How do you respond to Morgan`s analysis of organizations as political systems? Do you think that politics in such organizations help or hinder crisis resolution? How? 5. Give an example of a non-political organization that has a `political system` feel to it. 6. How do leaders make effective decisions during a time of transition? Give an example from a film that you have watched. Write a 1,250-word (approximately 5 double-spaced typed pages) journal entry discussing your thoughts and ideas about the different stages in the development of a

You are the CEO of the local economic development corporation. As part of your organization?s business retention and expansion program, you are putting on a one-day seminar for local area businesses on going global. Provide an outline of the seminar including topics, coverage time, and why the topic is important enough to be included in the seminar

1) Read The Tipping Point and review the other course readings including the textbook. 2) Develop a strategic plan for a small consumer products company (real or fictitious but no more than 250 employees in size). 3) Articulate your proposed strategy and talk about the tools and methods you used to develop the strategy and will use to implement it. Specifically include where you would produce or source your products, using The Tipping Point to think about issues related to sourcing. Tipping Point Link http://www.behance.net/gallery/Reshoring-Garment-Production-China-to-the-US/3134321 We are using STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS AND CASES FRED R. DAVID as our textboo

Read the “Transformation at the IRS” case study. In a paper of 1,250-1,500 words, address the following: Who are the stakeholders in this case, and which ones are most important? Why? What prompted the change effort, and what was targeted to change? Why was the proposed change controversial? Evaluate the change using Kotter’s 8-step model and explain how it was used, or could have been adopted for use, in this case. After this case took place, the IRS considered outsourcing their collections (overdue tax collections). Would you recommend this plan, why or why not? What are some of the managerial challenges facing the IRS, going forward? Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. Directly quoted source material may not exceed 10% of the paper’s content. Due to its inherent unreliability, Wikipedia is not considered an acceptable source for use in academic writing.

Juliet got an urgent email from her boss at Head Office. She had to determine whether the graduate recruitment programme her banking firm had been successfully operating for the last 5 years would be needed next year, given the state of the economy. What decision should Juliet make? Assignment Instructions 1. Write a 1200 word essay that addresses the following questions: * Define both types of managerial decisions that can be made (programmed and non-programmed) and decide which one Juliet is facing. Provide supporting arguments for your choice. * Illustrate the logic behind your choice using both the Classical and Behavioural Decision Making Models. Provide supporting arguments regarding which one best fits Juliet’s situation. * Highlight what factors are likely to play a major role in the ultimate decision you choose for Juliet. 2. Ensure your essay addresses the above questions. 3. Refer to the Presentation of Written Assignments section of this guide. 4. Assignment Writing